- From: Frederick J. Barnett <fred@eatel.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:27:31 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-au@w3.org
On stardate 12 Sep 2000, William Loughborough sent a subspace communication stating:
>
>
> I have an action item to do something about how an "evaluator" would rate
> tools for their handling of matters of text (content).
>
> First I tried to find something to hang a hat on in ATAG to no avail
> ("simple" isn't in there and "clear" only as part of "clearly" in the
> glossary) so just off the top of the head I'd have to say that we haven't
> given developers any cause to take special pains to "prompt" authors to
> write clear and simple text. Of course it could be argued that we demand
> that they obey all the WCAG, but that's a little vague.
>
That's why I didn't write my original report on text in a question and
answer format. Other than the recommendation to call style sheets, and allow
use of the LANG attribute, there's really nothing else in the WCAG.
> So: should an authoring tool urge authors to write clear, simple prose? Who
> knows, and more importantly: who cares? You can urge in one hand and defecate in
> the other and see which fills fastest.
>
A scientist's "clear and simple" is a lay person's "What'd he say?" So I
would say no.
Frederick J. Barnett http://www.eatel.net/~fred/
E-mail: fred@eatel.net
Member: HWG Governing Board & Assistant Secretary
http://www.hwg.org/
Received on Tuesday, 12 September 2000 12:28:10 UTC